justVAWTs

JustVAWTs

adds vertical axis wind turbines to the vanilla game mechanical systems.

Want something that fills the gap until you can get your hand on a windmill rotor and sails?
Don't want MillWright and an addon on top of that to get VAWTs?
Do you just want something that spins?

Look no further, justVAWTs has your back!

What is in there?

Several types of wind turbines, each type with their own maximum speed and torque.
I have tried to balance out how easy a VAWT is to achieve and how much power it generates compared to the windmill rotor wile trying to apply at least a little bit of real world logic.
This means VAWTs in general do not generate as much torque as a windmill rotor with sails, but are easier to make.
Some models now have large variants, which appear as a 3x3 multi block in the world.

 

Helical turbine (new large variant! in 0.1.0)		Simple wooden turbine with a helical shape Low max speed Low power Relatively easy to obtain Has variants for all base game wood types (purely cosmetic) hint: because of how low their power delivery is, they are best used with a gear reduction
Savonius turbine (new large variant! in 0.1.0)		Metal turbine with a savonius design Medium max speed Medium power Has variants for all base game metal types (purely cosmetic)
Staggered savonius turbine		Staggered version of the metal savonius design Medium low max speed Medium high power Has variants for all base game metals types (purely cosmetic)
Cloth savonius (new large variant! in 0.1.0)		If you want a cloth design after all Medium max speed High power Has variants for all base game cloth stitch types (purely cosmetic)
Wing turbine (new large variant in 0.1.0)		Wooden turbine that uses wing profiles for blades Wings are made of boards using sandpaper High speed Medium low power Has variants for all base game wood types (purely cosmetic)
Panemone turbine (new in 0.1.0)		A very primitive turbine made of wood and woven mats. This should make it easier to obtain a windmill early (even in hot climates) Blades are made of woven mats, reed or papyrus. Requires a surrounding structure to channel the wind The surrounding structure determines the spin direction of the turbine Doors and trapdoors can be used to throttle the turbine or even change its direction
Double wing turbine		Twice the wings! Medium high speed Medium high power Has variants for all base game wood types (purely cosmetic)
Turbine wing		Component for the wing turbines Has variants for all base game wood types
Sandpaper		Needed to make the turbine wings (wing surfaces have to be smooth!) Has variants for all base game sand types (purely cosmetic)
Reed mat (new in 0.1.0)		Needed to make panemone turbine blades, can be made of papyrus or reeds
Panemone blade (new in 0.1.0)		Component for panemone turbines Has variants for all papyrus and reed. (reed and papyrus turbine blades can not be mixed)

How to use

 

Basic VAWTs

A VAWT must be attached to an axle on at least one side (usually the bottom makes sense) or any other VAWT
The axle must be vertical.
It is required that the axle supporting a set of VAWTs is supported
If any part of the vertical column of VAWTs is broken, all VAWTs in the set will break and drop.

If the wind picks up, the VAWTs will begin to spin.
If a VAWT goes over its maximum speed, it will begin to introduce drag to the mechanism.
Adding more VAWTs to a mechanism in any way will linearly increase the torque applied, as all VAWT blocks individually add torque to the mechanism.

 

Panemone (new!)

The panemone needs a wind funnel to direct the wind on one side of its blades.
The position of the wind funnel determines the direction in which the panemone spins.
To do this, enclose a panemone turbine in solid blocks, and leave open a trench on one side.

 

If there are no blocks preventing wind from hitting the panemone, it wil not supply torque.
If there are blocks all around the panemone, it will also not supply torque.
If there are more openings than the 2 required for a trench, the panemone will deliver less power.
You can also use doors and trapdoors in order to throttle a panemone turbine by opening or closing them!

 

Oh no, something happened!

Stay calm, and post here to let me know something is not working, or directly open a ticket in the issue tracker (codeberg)
Include the version of the game you are running and a list of your running mods, and i will look into the issue.

 

Change log

0.1.0
Fix many state related bugs
Redo models of all turbines
Add panemone turbine
Fix and update translations (EN only for now)

0.0.2 : 
Fix crafting recipes, change recipe for turbine wings to use and return a stack of 4, and consume the sandpaper in the process (because for some reason sandpaper will not function as a tool)